1 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:14,290 Please come in. 2 00:00:20,510 --> 00:00:21,440 Grand Tutor, this is who 3 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,100 you've been meaning to meet, the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin. 4 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,760 Your Majesty has finally shown your true face. 5 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:35,840 I have no choice. 6 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:40,400 Young Lord Xiao has seen right through me. 7 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,760 Any more concealment 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:43,540 would be meaningless. 9 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,670 Your Majesty feels unwell, 10 00:00:45,670 --> 00:00:48,520 yet you are still personally hosting the peace talks. 11 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:49,880 It is never easy to be a mother. 12 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,390 My end is drawing near. 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,860 I have to settle certain matters myself before my passing. 14 00:00:56,470 --> 00:00:57,670 This trip of mine is 15 00:00:58,710 --> 00:00:59,750 partly 16 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,640 for an old acquantaince, 17 00:01:02,150 --> 00:01:03,350 and partly 18 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:05,870 for you, Grand Tutor Xie. 19 00:01:13,070 --> 00:01:15,350 Haven't you always been wondering 20 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,070 about the truth of the gruesome case where the An and Lu families 21 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:23,070 colluded with the enemy and allied with the Northern Qin's 22 00:01:23,070 --> 00:01:24,200 Right King of Virtue 23 00:01:24,310 --> 00:01:27,840 from the Mulian family to establish their own administration? 24 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,960 I had not yet entered the palace by then. 25 00:01:32,039 --> 00:01:34,300 Some things are not easy to investigate. 26 00:01:34,590 --> 00:01:35,509 That said, I am 27 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,220 willing to cooperate with you, Grand Tutor Xie. 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,070 Didn't Your Majesty just say 29 00:01:41,509 --> 00:01:43,430 that your end is drawing near? 30 00:01:43,759 --> 00:01:45,160 Do you think cooperation 31 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,160 is impossible when I am dead? 32 00:01:50,759 --> 00:01:51,950 It is not true. 33 00:01:52,950 --> 00:01:54,039 Only when I am dead 34 00:01:54,430 --> 00:01:55,890 can the two of us cooperate 35 00:01:56,870 --> 00:01:58,560 on some issues. 36 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,940 [Key to the Phoenix Heart] 37 00:03:37,110 --> 00:03:39,870 [Episode 12] 38 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,670 [Prince Jing'an's Mansion] 39 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,630 Don't be so petty. 40 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,650 I know this workshop belongs to Yuan Xiaoliu. 41 00:03:49,650 --> 00:03:51,380 I'm just borrowing it for a bit. 42 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:52,460 Frankly speaking, 43 00:03:52,470 --> 00:03:53,870 this looks quite like the one at my home. 44 00:03:53,870 --> 00:03:56,150 Don't all workshops look similar? 45 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,710 Wait, who told you 46 00:03:57,710 --> 00:03:58,750 this was meant for Yuan Xiaoliu? 47 00:03:58,750 --> 00:04:00,280 So this is not his workshop? 48 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:02,810 How could he charge me rent? 49 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:08,760 Explain this. 50 00:04:09,590 --> 00:04:10,680 It's about a private job I took 51 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:11,870 at the Miraculous Craft shop. 52 00:04:11,870 --> 00:04:13,470 The well in Honglu Temple was clogged, 53 00:04:13,470 --> 00:04:14,600 so I went to clear it. 54 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:19,510 What about this? 55 00:04:19,510 --> 00:04:21,000 This is for cracking sunflower seeds. 56 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,600 Look, just turn it like this, 57 00:04:23,070 --> 00:04:24,930 and a load of seeds can be cracked. 58 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,870 This copper ball here contains fragrances. 59 00:04:28,870 --> 00:04:30,560 Didn't you say the people of Northern Qin eat strong-smelling food, 60 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:31,430 and thus have noticeable body odors? 61 00:04:31,430 --> 00:04:32,430 If they carry this around, 62 00:04:32,430 --> 00:04:33,630 their odors can be covered, 63 00:04:33,630 --> 00:04:35,680 and the pleasant scent in it will last for several months. 64 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,159 Did you still plan to blow up the Eagle King with fire thunderstones? 65 00:04:38,159 --> 00:04:39,090 Definitely not. 66 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:40,830 I... 67 00:04:42,159 --> 00:04:43,720 Who said I went see him? 68 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:44,450 That's a lie. 69 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:45,930 Keep lying then. 70 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,070 Didn't you go to meet the Eagle King 71 00:04:48,070 --> 00:04:49,130 for Li Lejun today? 72 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:52,730 Tell me. What did you promise to give the Eagle King in exchange 73 00:04:52,730 --> 00:04:54,790 for halting the political marriage? 74 00:04:55,310 --> 00:04:55,950 Spill it. 75 00:04:57,930 --> 00:04:59,190 Repeating crossbows? 76 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:00,920 Gunpowder? 77 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:17,800 Xie Jiayu, 78 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,690 tell me what this is. 79 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:20,870 Don't hit me in the face! 80 00:05:20,870 --> 00:05:22,070 This is refined iron. 81 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,180 And this is your so-called solution? 82 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,620 Do you even know this will have you... 83 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:28,720 You're such a fool. 84 00:05:31,270 --> 00:05:33,720 I didn't trade the iron casting technique to the Eagle King. 85 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:34,980 Please say something! 86 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,680 I really didn't betray Ye. 87 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,510 I know sometimes I can be a bit unreliable, 88 00:05:38,510 --> 00:05:40,570 but I'd never cross the line, would I? 89 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,800 Fine. Believe what you want. 90 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:44,480 Alright? 91 00:05:44,630 --> 00:05:45,820 The Eagle King agreed to set Lejun free 92 00:05:45,820 --> 00:05:47,430 if I offered the iron casting technique. 93 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:48,690 Are you satisfied now? 94 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,630 What exactly are you mad about? 95 00:05:52,630 --> 00:05:53,120 I already told you 96 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,480 I didn't sell out the iron casting technique. 97 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,680 I was merely selling devices of my own creation. 98 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,010 What do you mean by this? 99 00:05:58,170 --> 00:06:01,310 Your Highness, have you ever heard about the Miraculous Craft? 100 00:06:01,310 --> 00:06:02,160 No, never. 101 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,870 This Brilliant Manual on Farm Tools records 102 00:06:06,190 --> 00:06:07,520 all the farm implements 103 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,310 designed and improved by the Miraculous Craft, namely me. 104 00:06:10,310 --> 00:06:12,560 Please look at this foot-treadled water diversion tool. 105 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,310 By replacing the straight shaft with a curved one 106 00:06:14,310 --> 00:06:15,510 and adding three fans, 107 00:06:15,510 --> 00:06:17,070 it can be used to easily reclaim a hundred mu 108 00:06:17,070 --> 00:06:18,430 of alkaline earth as farmland a day 109 00:06:18,430 --> 00:06:20,430 even in the northern desert region. 110 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,310 And this dragon-bone water-lifting device 111 00:06:25,310 --> 00:06:27,190 combines the wisdom of the chapter on waterways in the Record of Trades. 112 00:06:27,190 --> 00:06:28,680 It saves much manpower. 113 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,800 With it, even an 80-year-old woman 114 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,680 can clear over 70 mu of wasteland. 115 00:06:33,430 --> 00:06:35,240 Here's a bird-shaped bronze rain gauge. 116 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:36,750 The beak is filled with saltpeter, 117 00:06:36,750 --> 00:06:38,159 while the tail is inlaid with a compass. 118 00:06:38,159 --> 00:06:39,720 Blue smoke is guaranteed to appear 119 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,580 three days before an earthquake. 120 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,290 Sweet sorghum can be planted in the southern desert area, 121 00:06:47,290 --> 00:06:49,190 and cold-region mulberry trees on Mount Yin, 122 00:06:49,190 --> 00:06:51,510 with the help of iron-rimmed wooden ploughing wheels. 123 00:06:51,510 --> 00:06:55,390 This page instructs on how to turn saline-alkali land into fertile fields. 124 00:06:55,390 --> 00:06:58,790 Can Your Highness bear to watch the manual burned into ashes? 125 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:00,340 You! 126 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:01,920 You... 127 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,450 Don't worry. I've memorized all the content. 128 00:07:05,950 --> 00:07:07,720 Although Northern Qin has occupied the Capital, 129 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,150 your people are good at nomadism, not farming. 130 00:07:10,150 --> 00:07:12,190 Last year, 30,000 head cattle and sheep died from the cold. 131 00:07:12,190 --> 00:07:14,020 The harvest in the fields were poor. 132 00:07:14,020 --> 00:07:15,870 The national treasury had few grain reserves. 133 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:17,160 The people of Northern Qin 134 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,890 endured quite a bitter winter. 135 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:20,480 But now, 136 00:07:20,950 --> 00:07:23,010 I can help you break the constraints. 137 00:07:23,070 --> 00:07:25,670 As long as you call off the marriage to Li Lejun, 138 00:07:26,390 --> 00:07:28,430 I'll gift you all the instruments 139 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,760 in the Brilliant Manual on Farm Tools. 140 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,760 What do you think? 141 00:07:34,630 --> 00:07:35,690 Are all of these... 142 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,310 really your inventions? 143 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,920 Yes, I am exactly the Miraculous Craft. 144 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,600 I understand 145 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:47,310 that the superior quality 146 00:07:47,310 --> 00:07:49,050 of Beifu Army's weaponry is based on the iron casting technique. 147 00:07:49,050 --> 00:07:49,830 I simply used it a pretext 148 00:07:49,830 --> 00:07:51,960 to lure the Eagle King into meeting me. 149 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,300 Xiao Wuyi, listen. 150 00:07:55,430 --> 00:07:56,240 I swear, 151 00:07:56,430 --> 00:07:58,190 if I had truly traded the smelting technique for refined iron 152 00:07:58,190 --> 00:07:59,120 to the Eagle King, 153 00:07:59,120 --> 00:07:59,920 fate would have it 154 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:00,950 that I get trafficked again when I leave Jiankang 155 00:08:00,950 --> 00:08:02,040 -and... -Do you need a fix 156 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:03,300 on that mouth of yours? 157 00:08:03,510 --> 00:08:05,510 Can't you stop saying unlucky things? 158 00:08:05,510 --> 00:08:06,430 I was just trying 159 00:08:06,430 --> 00:08:07,960 to express my loyalty to Ye. 160 00:08:08,310 --> 00:08:10,240 You have no idea what I'm mad about. 161 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,120 Tell me then. 162 00:08:12,270 --> 00:08:13,270 You shouldn't have shown your abilities 163 00:08:13,270 --> 00:08:14,730 in front of the Eagle King. 164 00:08:15,390 --> 00:08:17,310 Techniques are dead, but people are alive. 165 00:08:17,310 --> 00:08:18,240 Have you ever considered 166 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,190 what will happen 167 00:08:19,190 --> 00:08:20,630 if the Eagle King targets you? 168 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:22,270 Aren't you planning to explore the world? 169 00:08:22,270 --> 00:08:23,560 When I get to the Northern Border, 170 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:24,480 I'll be too far away to help you. 171 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:25,510 Should there be slight negligence 172 00:08:25,510 --> 00:08:27,070 or even just an opportunity, 173 00:08:27,070 --> 00:08:29,120 he can capture you and take you to Northern Qin. 174 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,950 Then you won't have anyone to turn to. 175 00:08:30,950 --> 00:08:32,789 You're not exactly the brave type. 176 00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:34,120 When your life is in the palm of his hand, 177 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,450 will you ever refuse to do what he asks you? 178 00:08:40,669 --> 00:08:42,480 Well, Mao's always there for me. 179 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:44,120 He can protect me too. 180 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:51,750 Indeed, 181 00:08:52,870 --> 00:08:54,670 there is someone to protect you. 182 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,240 I shouldn't have worried about you. 183 00:09:25,350 --> 00:09:27,230 The first thing you need is a lesson 184 00:09:27,230 --> 00:09:28,830 on how to intimidate others. 185 00:09:29,270 --> 00:09:30,130 In this regard, 186 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,680 Xiao Wuyi has set a good example for you. 187 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,330 Whether to stay or leave 188 00:09:37,390 --> 00:09:38,240 is up to you. 189 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,370 Take good care of Lejun. 190 00:09:50,610 --> 00:09:53,200 [Cui Mansion] 191 00:09:55,850 --> 00:09:57,910 [Cui Xi, butler of the Cui Mansion] 192 00:09:56,630 --> 00:09:58,870 Greetings, Your Highness. 193 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:03,800 Just bury this woman 194 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,800 who thought she was Princess Qi somewhere random. 195 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,630 I request a audience with Master Cui. 196 00:10:10,630 --> 00:10:12,500 No need to enter the premises, Your Highness. 197 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:13,690 Master Cui will not 198 00:10:14,830 --> 00:10:15,960 meet Your Highness. 199 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,130 Get out of my way. 200 00:10:21,390 --> 00:10:24,000 Would you take a look at this, Your Highness? 201 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,170 Master Cui knew perfectly well 202 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,480 that Your Highness would surely pay a visit 203 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,510 for the political marriage arranged for Princess Pingning. 204 00:10:31,510 --> 00:10:34,640 So, he insisted that I pass on a message to Your Highness, 205 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,340 hoping that you would put the national interests above all 206 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:40,420 and prioritize the greater good. 207 00:10:42,390 --> 00:10:43,520 I must see Master Cui 208 00:10:43,750 --> 00:10:45,280 for an urgent matter today. 209 00:10:45,550 --> 00:10:47,350 Please do lend me a helping hand. 210 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,200 Your Highness, have some self-respect! 211 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,550 Do you even know this is the Cui Mansion? 212 00:10:57,060 --> 00:10:58,520 Is Your Highness trying to 213 00:10:58,670 --> 00:11:01,930 ruin the Cui family's good reputation by offering bribes? 214 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,240 I do address you as Your Highness, 215 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,230 but do you really think you're some precious Prince Qi? 216 00:11:09,230 --> 00:11:10,990 Even Qizhou is long gone— 217 00:11:11,870 --> 00:11:16,120 Princess Qi was no better than a stray dog, was she? 218 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,320 Mother! 219 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,540 [Young Li Lejun] [Young Li Mao] 220 00:11:18,790 --> 00:11:20,550 Mother... 221 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,410 What did you say? 222 00:11:22,670 --> 00:11:23,120 I said... 223 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:23,750 Answer me! 224 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,160 What did you just say? 225 00:11:29,930 --> 00:11:31,530 Well, actually, I didn't... 226 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:35,870 I am the Regent now. 227 00:11:35,870 --> 00:11:37,270 Step forward, I dare you! 228 00:11:39,150 --> 00:11:40,270 Years ago, Empress Wenxi 229 00:11:40,270 --> 00:11:41,800 was incomparably capable. 230 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,840 She single-handedly helped the nobles migrate to the south safely. 231 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,640 How come the nowadays Cui family 232 00:11:48,390 --> 00:11:50,550 is filled with selfish and cowardly gits 233 00:11:50,550 --> 00:11:52,030 terrified of death? 234 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:00,900 A dignified royal pincess 235 00:12:01,230 --> 00:12:03,760 was given away to the rebels by the Cui family. 236 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:13,260 Stop! 237 00:12:14,670 --> 00:12:16,200 It was a misunderstanding. 238 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:21,480 What's wrong with you? 239 00:12:22,410 --> 00:12:25,070 This is Prince Qi, the current Regent. 240 00:12:22,610 --> 00:12:24,840 [Chief Clerk Cui, master of the Cui family] 241 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,450 How dare you disrespect His Highness? 242 00:12:27,550 --> 00:12:28,750 Have you completely forgotten 243 00:12:28,750 --> 00:12:30,480 the etiquette observed by the Cui family? 244 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,550 -I… -Go away! 245 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:32,200 Yes. 246 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:38,080 Your Highness is paying 247 00:12:38,910 --> 00:12:43,310 this visit for the political marriage arranged for Princess Pingning, right? 248 00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:50,440 I know Your Highness can't bear to see the princess marry far away. 249 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,500 But this political marriage is a major matter of state. 250 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,720 The Cui family alone cannot interfere with it. 251 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,630 Do you mean the Cui family won't help me? 252 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,450 It's not that we refuse to help. 253 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,560 It's just that we're unable to render any help. 254 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:10,860 Your Highness, 255 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:13,960 letting Princess Pingning get married for political purposes 256 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,080 could actually be 257 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,120 a good thing for you. 258 00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:24,650 Was Cangfeng Forge built for you? 259 00:13:24,690 --> 00:13:25,560 Are you in charge now? 260 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:26,010 No... 261 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,360 Did anyone say you could lend it to Xie Jiayu? 262 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:28,360 You even charged her rent. 263 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:29,030 What now? 264 00:13:30,150 --> 00:13:31,670 Kicking me to the curb after using me, huh? 265 00:13:31,670 --> 00:13:34,390 Let me ask you. Who exerted his utmost effort 266 00:13:34,390 --> 00:13:35,240 and racked his brains 267 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,100 to help you keep that girl around? 268 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,150 So you taught Xie Jiayu how to smelt for refined iron. 269 00:13:39,150 --> 00:13:40,600 Did I tell you to do that? 270 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:43,120 She made it. 271 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:44,200 So soon? 272 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:45,720 How very gifted. 273 00:13:46,270 --> 00:13:47,400 She's a rare genius. 274 00:13:47,630 --> 00:13:49,120 Xiao Wuyi, listen. 275 00:13:49,390 --> 00:13:51,320 You must do whatever it takes to... 276 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,150 This is not entirely my fault. 277 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,240 I simply gave her a rough idea. 278 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:01,340 Your Highness. 279 00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:03,770 Prince Qi went to the Cui Mansion. 280 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:05,370 What is he doing there? 281 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:08,750 [Cui Mansion] 282 00:14:28,390 --> 00:14:29,120 How did it go? 283 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,470 Did Chief Clerk Cui say yes? 284 00:14:43,510 --> 00:14:44,310 Let's go home. 285 00:14:45,030 --> 00:14:45,600 Master, 286 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,680 I'd like to take a walk alone. 287 00:14:56,670 --> 00:14:57,930 Protect His Highness. 288 00:14:58,010 --> 00:14:58,770 -Yes. -Yes. 289 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:04,740 Hurry, over there! 290 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:06,600 We'd better not be late. 291 00:15:07,150 --> 00:15:08,550 This is truly a noble good deed. 292 00:15:08,550 --> 00:15:11,390 Princess Pingning is marrying into Northern Qin to safeguard Ye. 293 00:15:11,390 --> 00:15:13,120 The imperial court plans to build a monument for her. 294 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,270 I'll lead the fundraising! 295 00:15:14,270 --> 00:15:14,960 I'm going with you! 296 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:16,030 - Let's go! - Let's go! 297 00:15:16,030 --> 00:15:17,560 -Let's all go! -Count me in! 298 00:15:18,690 --> 00:15:19,550 Hurry up! 299 00:15:19,550 --> 00:15:21,000 -This is my share. -Come, guys! 300 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,080 And this is my share. 301 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:22,720 Count me in! 302 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:23,600 This is my share. 303 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,550 [Raising funds to repay the princess for protecting Ye] 304 00:15:23,870 --> 00:15:24,720 This is my share! 305 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,720 Take it all. I'm offering this much. 306 00:15:26,790 --> 00:15:27,920 And here is my share. 307 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:28,790 Count me in! 308 00:15:28,910 --> 00:15:29,870 Smash this place. 309 00:15:29,870 --> 00:15:30,870 We're also here to contribute. 310 00:15:30,870 --> 00:15:32,150 No pushing, please! 311 00:15:32,150 --> 00:15:33,080 This is my share. 312 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,000 I said, smash this place! 313 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:38,390 Go away! 314 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,440 No donation allowed! 315 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,270 Scram! 316 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,270 Grandma! 317 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,840 Grandma... 318 00:16:07,630 --> 00:16:10,090 It was who ordered them to break up the crowd. 319 00:16:13,870 --> 00:16:14,480 Yizhi, 320 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,240 you shouldn't do things like that. 321 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:18,440 Then what should I do? 322 00:16:22,390 --> 00:16:23,870 You hit a man in the Cui Mansion? 323 00:16:23,870 --> 00:16:24,320 Yes. 324 00:16:26,510 --> 00:16:28,110 But I didn't feel pain at all. 325 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,790 It actually gave me a thrill. 326 00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:32,190 I should have beaten him to death years ago. 327 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,600 When a man carries no weapon, 328 00:16:39,150 --> 00:16:41,210 he can only fight with his bare hands. 329 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:42,870 That said, I'm also aware 330 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:44,000 there is only one way 331 00:16:45,030 --> 00:16:46,830 to persuade the noble families. 332 00:16:48,250 --> 00:16:49,910 Let's bond through marriage. 333 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,290 Lingyi of the Cui family 334 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:52,600 is a noble lady. 335 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:55,240 Having grown up as a bright child, 336 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:56,640 she is elegant in manners 337 00:16:58,030 --> 00:17:00,630 and refined in both appearance and character. 338 00:17:02,270 --> 00:17:04,329 I swear to resort to any means to unite 339 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:05,920 all the major noble families 340 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,170 to fight for a chance to get Your Highness and Princess Pingning 341 00:17:08,170 --> 00:17:09,589 out of the current quagmire. 342 00:17:09,589 --> 00:17:11,160 From this day onward, we the Cui family 343 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,690 pledge to stand together with Your Highness. 344 00:17:14,109 --> 00:17:15,569 Were there dangers ahead, 345 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,280 we would not hesitate to aid Your Highness. 346 00:17:23,030 --> 00:17:24,550 That day before the palace gate, 347 00:17:24,550 --> 00:17:26,430 I misspoke in a moment of desperation. 348 00:17:26,430 --> 00:17:28,270 I know you have your own difficulties. 349 00:17:28,270 --> 00:17:29,920 But since I am the Regent now, 350 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:31,830 I shouldn't rely on you to help my own sister 351 00:17:31,830 --> 00:17:32,880 out of trouble. 352 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,040 I will use my own strength 353 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,290 to protect those I want to protect. 354 00:17:38,310 --> 00:17:41,040 I will also continue to promote reforms with you. 355 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,590 Then what about Xie Jiayu? 356 00:17:42,590 --> 00:17:44,190 I'll leave the choice to her. 357 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,660 With Yaoyao's devotion to me, 358 00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:49,440 I'm sure she will stick around. 359 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,790 But you just proposed to marry Ms. Cui. 360 00:17:50,790 --> 00:17:51,510 So what? 361 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,750 Wuyi, when you asked for Yaoyao's hand in marriage, 362 00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:57,480 didn't you already have a wife? 363 00:17:57,790 --> 00:17:59,510 We both had to adopt expedients, right? 364 00:17:59,510 --> 00:18:01,440 How could you compare your situation with mine? 365 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,440 Xie Jiayu and I used to be strangers. 366 00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:04,840 What's the difference? 367 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:05,830 I asked to marry Ms. Cui 368 00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:07,430 only to save Lejun, didn't I? 369 00:18:07,510 --> 00:18:08,440 Yaoyao loves me. 370 00:18:08,510 --> 00:18:10,240 She will surely understand me. 371 00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:11,740 Li Yizhi, 372 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,220 you're even a worse bastard than I am. 373 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:19,280 You're right. 374 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:21,920 If being a good person 375 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,880 only turns me into a pawn, 376 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,790 I'd rather be a villain. 377 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:16,720 Someone said 378 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,110 she'd like to forge 379 00:19:18,110 --> 00:19:19,840 an unparalleled sword for you. 380 00:19:20,110 --> 00:19:21,750 It must be extraordinarily sharp 381 00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:23,880 and can be used as a saber. 382 00:19:24,510 --> 00:19:26,790 It also has to be a hundred times better 383 00:19:26,790 --> 00:19:28,110 than the Eagle King's Longque Blade. 384 00:19:28,110 --> 00:19:31,310 So, she asked me to teach her how to smelt for refined iron. 385 00:19:31,310 --> 00:19:34,590 I just didn't know how to decline her request. 386 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,580 What took you so long to say it? 387 00:19:44,380 --> 00:19:45,440 Where is Xie Jiayu? 388 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,240 Since the Young Lady's departure earlier today, 389 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,900 she has not returned to Wensheng Courtyard yet. 390 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:03,820 This is bad. 391 00:20:22,270 --> 00:20:23,590 Are you literally crying 392 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:25,030 because I scolded you a bit? 393 00:20:25,030 --> 00:20:26,350 You almost exposed my military secrets, 394 00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:28,550 and I haven't held you accountable yet. 395 00:20:35,890 --> 00:20:38,690 Did you... temper with my portrait of a noble lady? 396 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:40,020 You... 397 00:20:40,810 --> 00:20:42,070 As the dignified general of Beifu 398 00:20:42,070 --> 00:20:43,550 and the Heir of Prince Jing'an, 399 00:20:43,550 --> 00:20:45,810 you appear to keep a distance from women, 400 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,000 but you're in fact stashing a portrait of a noble lady. 401 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,200 You have no scruples. 402 00:20:52,490 --> 00:20:53,310 How is it any of your business? 403 00:20:53,310 --> 00:20:54,770 I am condemning you for... 404 00:20:56,050 --> 00:20:57,570 for your future darling. 405 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,660 If there really is such a girl, 406 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,440 let her do it herself. 407 00:21:14,350 --> 00:21:14,960 Hold on. 408 00:21:17,550 --> 00:21:18,750 Swords and blades are used by people. 409 00:21:18,750 --> 00:21:19,830 Shouldn't the length and form 410 00:21:19,830 --> 00:21:20,790 be designed based on 411 00:21:20,790 --> 00:21:22,650 the user's height and arm length? 412 00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:24,240 Look at this sloppy draft. 413 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,510 Did you even put your heart into it? 414 00:21:25,510 --> 00:21:26,910 Why are you so demanding? 415 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,680 Is this how the Miraculous Craft does business? 416 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:31,740 You're receiving a gift. 417 00:21:31,740 --> 00:21:32,720 Why so picky? 418 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,030 This is just how I am. 419 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,270 I only accept gifts that are to my liking. 420 00:21:36,270 --> 00:21:37,800 If not, don't give any to me. 421 00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:40,400 Reach out your arms. 422 00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:44,420 I don't have a tape measure here. 423 00:21:59,710 --> 00:22:02,440 ♪ One glance from near stirs my heart ♪ 424 00:22:02,660 --> 00:22:05,210 ♪ This fleeting moment ♪ 425 00:22:06,910 --> 00:22:10,920 ♪ Tugs the threads woven by fate ♪ 426 00:22:11,090 --> 00:22:13,090 ♪ Bound tight evermore ♪ 427 00:22:15,050 --> 00:22:18,050 ♪ Sharing all the years together ♪ 428 00:22:18,460 --> 00:22:22,830 ♪ Peace I find nowhere but by your side ♪ 429 00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:26,330 ♪ Bear witness with our souls ♪ 430 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,920 Your hairband surely has many uses. 431 00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:30,720 ♪ Fear no partings or wax and wane ♪ 432 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:29,720 Yes. 433 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,110 It kills, too. 434 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,750 If you don't want to be taken by the Eagle King 435 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:40,480 to Northern Qin for hard labor, 436 00:22:40,890 --> 00:22:42,070 then don't slack off anymore during your practice 437 00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:43,930 of lightness skills with Yan Yue. 438 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,530 At least, they can help you escape when you get in danger. 439 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:48,920 Thanks to these skills, 440 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,270 you'll be able to go anywhere alone 441 00:22:50,270 --> 00:22:51,330 in this vast world. 442 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:00,640 The visiting delegation 443 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,920 includes the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin. 444 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,720 She and the Eagle King are after different benefits. 445 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,880 It's easier to halt the political marriage through her. 446 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,350 But before the peace talks complete, 447 00:23:08,350 --> 00:23:10,070 and the Eagle King leaves Jiankang, 448 00:23:10,070 --> 00:23:11,870 you'd better stay away from him. 449 00:23:12,430 --> 00:23:13,290 Did you hear me? 450 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,090 Yes, I heard you. 451 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,700 You're so nagging, just like my mother. 452 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:23,810 I want to see Mao. 453 00:23:29,070 --> 00:23:29,730 No problem. 454 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:32,570 I'll tell him about it. 455 00:23:56,790 --> 00:23:57,550 My Lady, isn't Mount Ya 456 00:23:57,550 --> 00:23:58,960 the place that Prince Qi yearns 457 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,020 to go with you most? 458 00:24:00,110 --> 00:24:01,310 Why is it crossed out? 459 00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:06,510 Mao probably 460 00:24:07,790 --> 00:24:09,160 won't go there with me. 461 00:24:09,750 --> 00:24:11,830 My Lady, don't be upset. 462 00:24:12,590 --> 00:24:14,000 I'll always be with you. 463 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,680 I think I'm feeling something other than sadness. 464 00:24:20,070 --> 00:24:23,200 Do you remember that trip along the river with lanterns? 465 00:24:24,070 --> 00:24:26,640 We wrote our wishes on small paper boats at that time. 466 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,110 I took a peek at Mao's. 467 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,350 He wrote 468 00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:33,200 that he hoped Lejun and Yaoyao's wishes would come true. 469 00:24:34,110 --> 00:24:36,440 Prince Qi has always been a nice gentleman 470 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,440 who cares deeply about you and Princess Pingning. 471 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:40,850 But he seems to never 472 00:24:41,070 --> 00:24:43,130 really have anything he truly wants. 473 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:44,590 I decided to run away from marriage, 474 00:24:44,590 --> 00:24:45,720 and he went with me. 475 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:48,030 Even though he has become the Regent, 476 00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:50,560 he's ready to leave with me as long as I want to. 477 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,090 But it seems I've never figured out 478 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,020 what Mao truly wants for himself. 479 00:24:56,350 --> 00:24:57,150 My Lady, 480 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,850 what do you want for yourself then? 481 00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:20,920 Xiao Wuyi treats you really well. 482 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,240 You're not related to him or anything, 483 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,350 yet he especially built a workshop 484 00:25:23,350 --> 00:25:24,810 for you in his own mansion. 485 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,350 It's midnight. Why did you 486 00:25:28,350 --> 00:25:30,070 come here instead of sleeping? 487 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:30,870 I can't sleep. 488 00:25:31,350 --> 00:25:33,750 Hearing the sounds here can soothe my mind. 489 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,550 This is a military secret. 490 00:25:44,550 --> 00:25:47,030 You want to see it? Ask me to be your master first. 491 00:25:47,030 --> 00:25:48,110 As if I care. 492 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,700 I can make that myself. 493 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,860 Those are blue fireworks. 494 00:26:13,270 --> 00:26:15,590 Yuan Xiaoliu, I can't believe you know how to make blue fireworks. 495 00:26:15,590 --> 00:26:17,250 I've never seen these before. 496 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,470 The books only say that seashells make red fireworks, 497 00:26:19,470 --> 00:26:20,720 refined salt, yellow, 498 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:21,790 silver powder, white, 499 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:22,960 and azurite, green. 500 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,260 But blue fireworks... 501 00:26:25,070 --> 00:26:27,110 Yuan Xiaoliu, you are amazing. 502 00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:29,440 How come I never noticed it before? 503 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:30,200 Blue fireworks 504 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,060 were a plaything in my childhood. 505 00:26:32,170 --> 00:26:33,680 It is also the first type of fireworks 506 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:34,880 I've ever made in my life. 507 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,030 How do I compare to you? 508 00:26:36,030 --> 00:26:37,160 You're impressive. 509 00:26:37,270 --> 00:26:38,720 But I just won't ask you to be my master. 510 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,050 What can you do about it? 511 00:27:00,510 --> 00:27:02,160 Why not use the lightness skills I taught you? 512 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,550 Add two more sandbags to the training, 513 00:27:03,550 --> 00:27:04,700 and practice for four more hours tomorrow. 514 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:05,560 Did you hear me? 515 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:07,720 Yes, I got it. 516 00:27:07,830 --> 00:27:09,430 I won't be like this anymore. 517 00:27:10,510 --> 00:27:11,200 Take this. 518 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:24,970 His Majesty is too soft, 519 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,570 and shouldn't have agreed 520 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:28,970 to grant Xiao Wuyi any time to reform Beifu. 521 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,480 I know you've never approved of these peace talks. 522 00:27:51,590 --> 00:27:53,920 But if you hadn't underestimated the enemy 523 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,920 and lost a battle at Jiuzhang Plain, 524 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:57,110 these peace talks 525 00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:59,680 would probably be avoided. 526 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,590 Given that the emperor is too young, 527 00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:07,110 and you're holding much military power, 528 00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:08,510 I demand you to promise me 529 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,170 that even after my passing, 530 00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:13,000 you will still be of one mind with the emperor. 531 00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:16,130 Yes, I promise. 532 00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:27,940 He really is hiding in Jiankang. 533 00:28:30,610 --> 00:28:31,410 Your Majesty. 534 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,540 Where were the fireworks set off? 535 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:36,830 Your Majesty, 536 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,250 the fireworks were set off in Prince Jing'an's Mansion. 537 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,170 Xiao Wuyi... 538 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,370 [Honglu Temple] 539 00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:53,540 I thought Your Majesty 540 00:28:53,540 --> 00:28:55,070 would never take my advice. 541 00:28:56,250 --> 00:28:58,140 I will, provided that you agree 542 00:28:58,590 --> 00:28:59,880 to find someone for me. 543 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:01,240 Who is it? 544 00:29:01,550 --> 00:29:03,920 I saw a burst of blue fireworks last night. 545 00:29:04,110 --> 00:29:06,830 That must be the work of an old acquaintance of mine. 546 00:29:06,830 --> 00:29:07,960 Those fireworks... 547 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,530 were set off in Prince Jing'an's Mansion, 548 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,660 made by Mulian Ying... 549 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,850 the very last survivor of the Mulian clan. 550 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:21,900 I've spent 20 years looking for him. 551 00:29:22,270 --> 00:29:25,680 Little did I expect him to be in your hands, Young Lord Xiao. 552 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,200 Mulian Ying... 553 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,280 [Prince Jing'an's Mansion] 554 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,370 How did you come up with the idea 555 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,780 of triggering the fuse with mercury? 556 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,140 And you fancy being my master. 557 00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:47,000 Your fireworks suddenly exploded 558 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,260 and almost injured me. 559 00:29:49,070 --> 00:29:51,730 Mercury is light in weight and stable in nature. 560 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,440 It won't kindle fire no matter how you shake it. 561 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,970 Besides, once the mechanism is activated... 562 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:57,960 Look. 563 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:01,030 How is it? 564 00:30:01,030 --> 00:30:02,090 Ignited, isn't it? 565 00:30:04,550 --> 00:30:05,480 What's with you? 566 00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:09,440 Nothing. 567 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:10,730 Impressive. 568 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,440 You're way more talented than I am. 569 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:14,740 You will surely 570 00:30:16,590 --> 00:30:18,520 become a legendary master one day. 571 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:20,960 I am so flattered. 572 00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:26,240 You must take me as your master. 573 00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:27,710 If necessary, 574 00:30:27,730 --> 00:30:29,190 I can take you as my master. 575 00:30:29,270 --> 00:30:30,330 Then, the two of us, 576 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,000 a duo of master and disciple, 577 00:30:32,270 --> 00:30:33,440 will work together to make 578 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,440 an unparalleled caltrop fireball. 579 00:30:35,830 --> 00:30:37,070 In my mind right now, 580 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,480 I'm already picturing us, 581 00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:42,550 as master and disciple, leaving our mark in history. 582 00:30:42,550 --> 00:30:44,750 Come on, why is this act again? 583 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:45,590 I helped you 584 00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:46,310 simply to honor 585 00:30:46,310 --> 00:30:47,640 my promise to Xiao Wuyi. 586 00:30:48,890 --> 00:30:50,720 He told me the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin 587 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,720 saw the blue fireworks we set off that night 588 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:53,830 and liked them a lot. 589 00:30:53,830 --> 00:30:55,310 So she asked Xiao Wuyi to give her some 590 00:30:55,310 --> 00:30:56,910 to take back to Northern Qin. 591 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,240 How could I let such an important gift 592 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,240 for the peace talks easily explode? 593 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,530 You just mentioned the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin? 594 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,260 Do you know her? 595 00:31:14,370 --> 00:31:15,090 Me? 596 00:31:16,350 --> 00:31:19,810 How could I possibly know the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin? 597 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,070 I mean, 598 00:31:21,070 --> 00:31:22,930 she holds such an exalted status. 599 00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:25,110 What brings her to this place? 600 00:31:25,110 --> 00:31:28,240 It's said that she's looking for a man named Mulian Ying. 601 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:29,960 Recently, Xiao Wuyi has also sent Qing Long and Yan Yue 602 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,220 to search for this man. 603 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,340 When this person is found, 604 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:36,830 the marriage arranged for Lejun can be called off. 605 00:31:38,270 --> 00:31:40,810 Xiao Wuyi doesn't even know who Mulian Ying is. 606 00:31:40,810 --> 00:31:42,470 How is he supposed to find him? 607 00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:46,110 I heard that he was given a portrait of this man. 608 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,690 It is how the man looked as a teenager, though. 609 00:32:23,270 --> 00:32:26,310 The draft for the caltrop fireball is beneath the stack. 610 00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:27,030 Oh, thanks. 611 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,680 You were not fainted? 612 00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:39,480 You really are the man, 613 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,070 Mulian Ying. 614 00:32:47,790 --> 00:32:51,190 The Empress Dowager of Northern Qin has been looking for you. 615 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:55,920 So you used me, Xiao Wuyi. 616 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,060 You knew all along that Yuan Xiaoliu is Mulian Ying. 617 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:01,790 Xiao Wuyi, 618 00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:03,920 when did you find out who I am? 619 00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:05,400 On the day I saved you, 620 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,160 I knew you were from Northern Qin. 621 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,480 It just didn't cross my mind that you're Mulian Ying. 622 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:10,480 Over these years, the Northern Qin spies' 623 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,880 top priority in Jiankang 624 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,720 has always been finding Mulian Ying. 625 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,050 The Empress Dowager of Northern Qin is in Jiankang right now 626 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,860 as a member of the delegation. 627 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,590 Mulian Ying and I were once in love. 628 00:33:24,510 --> 00:33:28,030 However, the palace lanterns burn long, casting light on the iron warrant. 629 00:33:28,030 --> 00:33:31,030 The bounds of the inner court are like a moat to heaven. 630 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,530 Despite all those great ambitions he had, 631 00:33:33,590 --> 00:33:36,190 the then emperor saw him as a potential hazard. 632 00:33:36,270 --> 00:33:38,720 I thought I could at least keep him alive. 633 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:40,460 But unexpectedly, 634 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,050 I ended up causing the destruction of his entirely clan. 635 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,240 Being plagued by an old illness, 636 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:50,700 my life is coming to an end. 637 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,310 I hope you can find him for me, 638 00:33:53,670 --> 00:33:56,000 so I can see him one last time before I pass, 639 00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:00,200 and clear up all these old grievances. 640 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,400 What did you just say? 641 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,480 What did you mean by "her life is coming to an end"? 642 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:04,400 If you are that worried, 643 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,200 I will take you to see her directly. 644 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,000 How do you know if she's after Yuan Xiaoliu's life? 645 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:10,710 Xiao Wuyi, 646 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:13,949 are you doing this for yourself, 647 00:34:14,590 --> 00:34:15,630 or for me? 648 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,880 I can not only help Li Lejun regain her freedom, 649 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,360 but also form an alliance 650 00:34:23,590 --> 00:34:27,389 between Northern Qin and Southern Ye against the Eagle King's will, 651 00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:29,409 thus preventing years of war. 652 00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:33,400 What do you think, Young Lord Xiao? 653 00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:35,190 Xiao Wuyi, 654 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,630 you promised me you'd help Lejun. 655 00:34:37,630 --> 00:34:38,710 Now the Empress Dowager wants to see Yuan Xiaoliu. 656 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:39,840 This is our only chance. 657 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,770 No, I can't hand over Yuan Xiaoliu. 658 00:34:41,770 --> 00:34:43,370 This is a risk I will not take. 659 00:34:45,010 --> 00:34:46,340 I won't let her kill you, 660 00:34:47,230 --> 00:34:48,690 nor will I let you kill her. 661 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,150 Over these years, you've been hiding your identity 662 00:34:52,150 --> 00:34:53,670 and producing weapons in Beifu 663 00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:54,810 to fight Northern Qin. 664 00:34:54,810 --> 00:34:55,630 Isn't it because 665 00:34:55,630 --> 00:34:58,030 you're still holding hatred in your heart? 666 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,150 Do you think she's asking to meet you 667 00:35:00,150 --> 00:35:02,150 just to do some catching up with you? 668 00:35:06,180 --> 00:35:06,980 Take him away. 669 00:35:24,070 --> 00:35:25,270 Go back to your place. 670 00:35:27,030 --> 00:35:28,630 I will figure something out. 671 00:35:28,630 --> 00:35:30,490 Is everything up for negotiation 672 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,740 for your so-called greater good? 673 00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:34,910 And after being weighed, 674 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,360 those who are hurt and sacrificed 675 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:38,760 will always be us, right? 676 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,270 The marriages arranged 677 00:35:43,630 --> 00:35:45,030 for me, Lejun, 678 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,540 Sister Yuanji, and my mother, 679 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,500 are about schemes and manipulation. 680 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,580 Nobody cares about true love. 681 00:35:57,070 --> 00:35:58,470 If given another chance, 682 00:35:59,070 --> 00:36:00,190 you would still marry Ms. He 683 00:36:00,190 --> 00:36:01,650 for military provisions, 684 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,190 ask the Empress Dowager to grant a marriage 685 00:36:03,190 --> 00:36:04,960 so as to pressure Prince Changsha, 686 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:05,760 and still place Lejun 687 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,880 at the very end of all considerations. 688 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,280 This is what you're like, 689 00:36:10,510 --> 00:36:11,480 Xiao Wuyi. 690 00:36:18,110 --> 00:36:18,920 Not just you, 691 00:36:20,510 --> 00:36:21,640 Mao has changed too. 692 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,110 He already started selecting concubines for himself. 693 00:36:25,110 --> 00:36:26,370 He has decided to stay, 694 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,000 yet he hasn't told me. 695 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:31,890 I'm well aware of it, 696 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:33,600 but I'm still arguing 697 00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:36,890 relentlessly with you about Lejun's marriage. 698 00:36:37,070 --> 00:36:39,270 You must be laughing at me in your heart. 699 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:43,720 You are right. 700 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,280 If given another chance, 701 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,400 I would still make the same choices. 702 00:36:53,060 --> 00:36:54,660 But I will never laugh at you. 703 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:02,840 I am sick and tired 704 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:05,480 of all that weighing. 705 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:08,510 I will not give up. 706 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,110 I will not let Lejun end up like me. 707 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,230 Princess Pingning shall enter the hall. 708 00:37:43,450 --> 00:37:48,020 ♪ If fate is fragile, what is right or wrong ♪ 709 00:37:49,910 --> 00:37:54,910 ♪ We only live for what we can't let go ♪ 710 00:37:55,350 --> 00:37:58,970 ♪ Love and hate fade like the shifting sand ♪ 711 00:37:58,990 --> 00:38:01,930 ♪ What's right or wrong is better left unsaid ♪ 712 00:38:01,950 --> 00:38:07,670 ♪ Every soul is bound by cause and fate ♪ 713 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:11,690 ♪ The past is gone, so let it slip away ♪ 714 00:38:11,710 --> 00:38:14,730 ♪ The heart's a cage, but peace will break the chains ♪ 715 00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:20,500 ♪ No need to speak, just leave it all to fate ♪ 716 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,330 ♪ The past is gone, so let it slip away ♪ 717 00:38:37,350 --> 00:38:40,300 ♪ The heart's a cage, but peace will break the chains ♪ 718 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:47,160 ♪ No need to speak, just leave it all to fate ♪ 719 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,030 I, Li Lejun, Princess Pingning, extend 720 00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:56,690 my greetings to Your Majesty. 721 00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:57,800 Long live 722 00:38:58,550 --> 00:38:59,710 Your Majesties. 723 00:39:22,070 --> 00:39:22,840 Your Highness? 724 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,170 Yuan Xiaoliu, come out! 725 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,040 Yuan Xiaoliu is not in this carriage. 726 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,970 He already boarded a ship and left. 727 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,440 Yuan Xiaoliu, I know you are inside, and that you're still 728 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,960 still thinking about the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin. 729 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:37,350 Her heart disease is incurable, 730 00:39:37,350 --> 00:39:38,810 and her days are numbered. 731 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:40,040 If you leave now, 732 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,960 you might never get to see her again in the rest of your life. 733 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,630 Listen up. Tonight, 734 00:39:44,630 --> 00:39:45,800 I've arranged a Northern Qin puppet show 735 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,000 in Xiyue Restaurant. 736 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,180 It is up to you whether to go or not. 737 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,410 You'd hate to have regrets for a lifetime, right? 738 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,200 Yuan Xiaoliu. 739 00:40:01,390 --> 00:40:03,180 Mr. Yuan, do not act rashly. 740 00:40:03,550 --> 00:40:04,840 It's His Highness's order 741 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,240 that you will be executed 742 00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:08,480 on the spot if you defy the command. 743 00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:16,230 All the 138 members of the Yuan clan 744 00:40:17,630 --> 00:40:19,160 died because of that woman. 745 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,760 I severed ties with her long ago. 746 00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:24,840 Now, hearing that she is about to die, 747 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,460 I only feel the pleasure of having my greatest revenge fulfilled. 748 00:40:30,550 --> 00:40:31,920 I will never 749 00:40:32,510 --> 00:40:33,320 see her again. 750 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:34,480 Qing Long, 751 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:36,150 let's go. 752 00:40:49,590 --> 00:40:50,520 You really came. 753 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,510 If Xiao Wuyi finds out about this, 754 00:40:52,510 --> 00:40:52,920 I will... 755 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:53,650 Don't worry. 756 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,400 I promise to save your life with mine today. 757 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,440 If the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin 758 00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:58,970 truly attempts to hurt you, 759 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:00,440 I will shield you 760 00:41:00,510 --> 00:41:01,640 and let you go first. 761 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,550 You have my word. 762 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,630 Xiao Wuyi will be furious then. 763 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:09,370 What did you say? 764 00:41:09,780 --> 00:41:10,510 Nothing. 765 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:11,840 I mean, 766 00:41:12,030 --> 00:41:13,150 are you really planning 767 00:41:13,150 --> 00:41:14,800 to risk your life for the cancellation 768 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,130 of Li Lejun's marriage? 769 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:17,670 Isn't this 770 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,490 what friends do for each other? 771 00:41:20,510 --> 00:41:22,030 Moved by your chivalry, 772 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,490 I've decided to stand or fall together with you tonight. 773 00:41:35,030 --> 00:41:37,030 Today is your wedding day. 774 00:41:38,110 --> 00:41:40,110 Prince Qi claimed to be sick and took leave from court. 775 00:41:40,110 --> 00:41:42,310 Young Lord Xiao hasn't shown up either. 776 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:43,630 Could it be that the two of them 777 00:41:43,630 --> 00:41:45,580 are dissatisfied with this marriage 778 00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:48,110 and are working together to object it for you? 779 00:41:54,190 --> 00:41:55,450 It doesn't matter now. 780 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,030 The auspicious hour has arrived. 781 00:42:03,030 --> 00:42:04,400 His Highness the Eagle King 782 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,660 and Princess Pingning shall perform the bowing ceremony. 783 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:14,000 Eagle King, please bow. 784 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,760 Princess Pingning, please bow. 785 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,000 Princess Pingning, please bow.